# Accident 19990304002009A: Doug DC915F, Kansas City, MO, March 4, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 1999, 22:00 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: Y2PA
- Location: 39.3401° N, 94.7022° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3401&lon=-94.7022&mi=10
- Aircraft: N195US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N195US-2025-12-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-9-15F (registry code 3022037, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-15f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC915F
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D7B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 10,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99FA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99FA102) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990304002009A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(.4)THE AIRPLANE WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 19R AT THE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE FIRST OFFICER SAID THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS ON SPEED AND ON COURSE FOR THE VISUAL APPROACH.  'THE CAPTAIN HAD JUST CALLED THE 1,000 FEET  ABOVE THE GROUND  CALL WHEN A FLOCK OF SNOW GEESE SUDDENLY ILLUMINATED IN OUR LIGHTS, ENGULFING US FROM BELOW, FLYING INTO US.  NO BIRDS HIT THE WINDSHIELDS, BUT IT WAS IMMEDIATELY APPARENT THEY HAD FLOWN INTO THE ENGINES.'  THE CAPTAIN SAID THAT HE HAD THE AIRPLANE, ADVANCED THE POWER ON BOTH ENGINES, AND ORDERED THE FIRST OFFICER TO RESET THE FLAPS TO 30 DEGREES, THE SINGLE- ENGINE FLAP POSITION.  'THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE CONTINUED TO COMPRESSOR STALL.  THE NUMBER TWO ENGINE WENT TO A SUB-IDLE RUN CONDITION.'  THE CAPTAIN REDUCED THE POWER ON THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE 'ENOUGH TO LESSEN THE SURGE/STALL CONDITION TO A RATE OF ONCE EVERY TWO SECONDS, WHICH ALLOWED JUST ENOUGH THRUST TO MAINTAIN THE APPROACH AND TO LOWER THE VIBRATION.  THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE CONTINUED TO COMPRESSOR STALL/SURGE TO TOUCHDOWN.'  THE TOUCHDOWN WAS NORMAL.  EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED BIRD REMAINS AND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTH ENGINES.  NO OTHER ANOMALIES WERE FOUND.       (-23)ON 3-4-99, AT 2200 CST, A DOUGLAS DC-9-15F, N195US, OPERATED BY USA JET AIRLINES, INC., ENCOUNTERED A FLOCK OF LARGE BIRDS, WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH FOR LANDING AT THE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, KANSAS CITY, MO. DURING THE ENCOUNTER, SEVERAL BIRDS WERE INGESTED INTO BOTH ENGINES, RESULTING IN A SEVERE POWER LOSS.  THE PILOT MANAGED TO REGAIN ENOUGH THRUST ON ONE ENGINE TO CONTINUE THE APPROACH AND LAND THE AIRPLANE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  NIGHT VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ENCOUNTER.  THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 121, NON-SCHEDULED, DOMESTIC AIR CARGO SERVICE.  AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS ON FILE.  THE CAPTAIN AND FIRST OFFICER REPORTED NO INJURIES. (SEE ATTACHED PAGE)

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI99FA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99FA102), Mar 5, 1999: Douglas DC-9-15F (N195US), Kansas City, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: ingestion of birds into both engines, resulting in foreign object damage and the subsequent partial power loss to both engines. A factor relating to this accident was the dark night.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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